In pictures: Stolen treasure trove

A treasure trove of stolen art and antiquities was found at the home of convicted crime boss Terry Adams.

Details of the haul have just been released following Adams's seven-year jail sentence for money laundering in March.

The goods were stolen from country houses, art galleries and museums over the past 10 to 15 years.

The haul, worth £500,000, included a Henry Moore print, pieces of Meissen porcelain and a pair of Bluejohn vases.

Many of the items were stored in packing cases, apparently in preparation for them to be moved.

Following Adams's arrest, experts from the Art Loss Registry were called in to trace the items' owners.

The Library Museum of the Freemasons had five pieces of Meissen porcelain worth £120,000 stolen in two thefts in the 1990s.

Officers also found about £60,000 in cash in a shoe box in the loft of Adams's north London house, and jewellery worth £48,000.

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